The Blue Dog Democrats are derailing any substantive efforts to get our troops out of Iraq. They are taking a cynical approach of punting while hiding behind their supposed conservative constituencies.
They claim they represent the "middle," even though polls show a majority of Americans support the Murtha plan.
So perhaps it is time to turn up the heat on the Blue Dogs, DFA style.
During the months leading up to the Iowa caucus, thousands of Dean supporters wrote hand written letters to Democratic Voters in Iowa, explaining why they supported Gov. Dean.
We should organize a similar effort for registered voters in Blue Dog districts...
Democrats across the country should let these people know what their elected officials are doing in their names and urge them to contact their member of Congress, urging them to support the Murtha plan.
Perhaps the blogs (or even DFA/MoveOn) should organize an effort over the next few weeks to contact as many voters as possible in the Blue Dogs districts.
We may actually get them to pull back or even split off enough to fracture their effort to sway the Speaker.
Dean was right, we do have the power...
Imagine, 10,000s of letters flooring Blue Dog districts causing the phones to ring off the hook...
They won't know what hit them.